James Dean Nude?

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I dont think he was that great looking at all.

I definitely agree Mancunian, he was a pretty enigmatic actor, but he wasn't all that sexy. Marlon Brando at the time was one of the hottest men I've ever seen. Just checking out his film tests on youtube could give you an orgasm.
 
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I have never read Mr. Gilmore's book on James Dean, but here is a teaser from his website on it.

"We were bad boys playing bad boys, while we opened up the bisexual sides of our personalities..." One sex scene between the two was played out in black leather to the music of Edith Piaf. "The sex was a game," Gilmore writes. "Jimmy was obsessed with riding the black ship to hell, and for that quick time I was on board with him. Dean found in the young Gilmore a "kind of unthreatening waste basket" into which he confided, dumping his chaotic, erotic, and crazy ideas. "We enjoyed poetry and bullfighting, bongo drums, booze, and girls; knew the same crummy friends and sleepless, searching nights."

Live Fast, Die Young, Remembering the Short Life of James Dean

As I said, I have not read the book, but seems to validate somewhat marluc's post. So the question is, do you believe John Gilmore?
 

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I've read that James Dean was a closet case and frequented underground sex clubs. Also that he liked to be used and abused, and was into pain and let people burn him with hot cig butts.
 

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I've read that James Dean was a closet case and frequented underground sex clubs. Also that he liked to be used and abused, and was into pain and let people burn him with hot cig butts.

I think the first time that legend was actually published was in Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon; there's also that pic of him in the tree jerking off in that book.

His entire short life has been mythologized to the point where the truth will never really be known. My guess is that he was probably a deeply closeted bisexual with extremely self-destructive impulses, resulting in his premature death. He worshiped Brando (another bisexual), who by all accounts wanted nothing to do with him. He was known for tardiness, moodiness and an over-all unprofessional attitude; his hygiene has often been remarked upon as having been deplorable.

Given the tight leash Hollywood studios kept on their stars, he probably would not have had much of a brilliant career, despite the promises of his earliest films. Had he lived, he'd have probably found fewer offers as time passed; perhaps he'd have gone into TV or back to NYC and tried his hand on stage (though he wasn't known for his vocal projection, and mics on Broadway are a newish thing). One way or another, he'd have probably self-destructed before the mid-sixties.

As regards his equipment: he was a small guy, about my build and body-type. Though there's no way of being certain, he always struck me as smallish-average who didn't bring a lot of enthusiasm or stamina to bed: in other words, probably a disappointing lay. I'll also guess that he was uncut and had smaller balls in a tight sac.
 
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In recent years Elizabeth Taylor has hinted at the fact that they hooked up on the set of "Giant". She has also indicated that Eddie Fisher was packing. That's an image I don't want to think about. Eek.
 

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Didn't Sal Mineo confessed that would love to sleep with Dean if he could...something from that quote. I don't know where.
 
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Dean's success on screen was that he basically always played himself. A deeply tormented young man, who like most of us, fought his own demons everyday. And sometimes the demons win. He was basically Joan Crawford. And the cigarette burns/desire for pain did come from Hollywood Babylon (Kenneth Anger was a piece of work, a therapists dream come true). And Brando went for the Wally Cox type.
 

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Dean's success on screen was that he basically always played himself. A deeply tormented young man, who like most of us, fought his own demons everyday. And sometimes the demons win. He was basically Joan Crawford. And the cigarette burns/desire for pain did come from Hollywood Babylon (Kenneth Anger was a piece of work, a therapists dream come true). And Brando went for the Wally Cox type.

As he only made three movies and there are few if any recordings of his stage and prolific TV work, it is impossible to measure his versatility as an actor now.
He was undoubtedly a very attractive guy. No "nude in a tree" photo in my copies of "Hollywood Babylon (I and II) so Anger has either removed it because it was a fake or it was never there in the first place:confused: I have seen the pic and it is too blurred to be sure who it is.

Here are a few shirtless pics of Jimmy from my collection:
 

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Dean's success on screen was that he basically always played himself. A deeply tormented young man, who like most of us, fought his own demons everyday. And sometimes the demons win. He was basically Joan Crawford. And the cigarette burns/desire for pain did come from Hollywood Babylon (Kenneth Anger was a piece of work, a therapists dream come true). And Brando went for the Wally Cox type.

The Hollywood Babylon books are a fun read but everything in them should be taken with more than a grain of salt. They make me wonder how many people in them burned Kenneth Anger in some way. Anger's book is the first mention of Montgomery Clift being referenced as Princess Tinymeat, although from what I've read and heard, Clift was average size at least. Perhaps Monty turned down an advance from Anger?
 

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As he only made three movies and there are few if any recordings of his stage and prolific TV work, it is impossible to measure his versatility as an actor now.
He was undoubtedly a very attractive guy. No "nude in a tree" photo in my copies of "Hollywood Babylon (I and II) so Anger has either removed it because it was a fake or it was never there in the first place:confused: I have seen the pic and it is too blurred to be sure who it is.

Here are a few shirtless pics of Jimmy from my collection:
Those are cool, it's the car washing one you have that I'm thinking about. There's a whole series of him washing his car in shorts. Well 4-6 pics if I remember correctly.
 

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See: Aaron's Undressed Celebrity, Nude Male Stars, James Dean

This photo was published in a full-length biography of James Dean, and the author was reasonably sure, although not 100% positive, that this is an authentic photo of James Dean, in a tree, holding his cock.


I've seen this photo many times and I have my doubts. It's definitely a young, blond man. James dean had a narrower jaw making a gaunt, diamond-shaped face. The guy in this photo appears to have a much flatter jaw.

In East of Eden, my favorite Dean film, there are times he's absolutely adorable. In the scenes where he's rejected by his father, he looks like a wounded puppy that you want to scoop up and hug. He had a kind of energetic exuberance that I also saw in the Brad Pitt's early films --another puppy needing a hug.